Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: February 14 To February 20, 2022

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 111 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 133NOMINAL INDEXManika Batra v. Table Tennis Federation of India & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 111AMIT @ SONU JAAT v. State and other connected matters. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 112SAURABH AGGARWAL & ANR v. STATE & ANR.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 113LUV SHARMA & ORS v. STATE & ANR 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 114COMMONWEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE v. UNION OF INDIA 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 115CHANDAN SINGH @CHINTU v. THE STATE AND ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 116CHANDRAKANT JHA v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 117TARANJEET SINGH v. STATE 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 118Sushil Ansal v. State 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 119ASHISH GUPTA v. TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 120FIITJEE LIMITED v. VIDYA MANDIR CLASSES LTD. & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 121KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. v. VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO. LTD. & ORS.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 122BW Business world Media Pvt. Ltd. v. India Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 123DIRECTORATE OF ENFORECEMENT v. GAGANDEEP SINGH & ORS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 124Dharamraj v. Income Tax Officer 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 125Satish Kansal v. Synergy Tradeco NV & Anr.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 126H.S. Sahni v. Mukul Singhal & Ors.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 127JASVINDER KAUR v. UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND ORS.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 128Manohar Lal Sharma Advocate v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. & Anr 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 129TASLEEM & ORS v. THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT) OF DELHI & ANR 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 130Mohd. Suleman v. NDMC & Ors.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 131 Joginder Tuli v. State NCT of Delhi & Ors.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 131MD. EHRAZ ZAFAR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.2022 LiveLaw (Del) 133ROUND-UP 1. Delhi High Court Appoints Justice Gita Mittal As Chairperson Of Committee Of Administrators To Run Table Tennis Federation Of IndiaCase Title: Manika Batra v. Table Tennis Federation of India & Ors.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 111The Delhi High Court has appointed Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court as Chairperson of the Committee of Administrators to conduct the affairs of the Table Tennis Federation of India.Justice Rekha Palli appointed a three member committee of administrators on Friday this week, thereby suspending the operation of it's Executive Committee after observing that prima facie, conduct of the federation was blameworthy."This Court is, therefore, of the opinion that till a deeper scrutiny of respondent no.1's affairs is carried out, either by the Union of India or by an independent Committee, a Committee of Administrators is required to be immediately appointed to conduct the affairs of the respondent no.1 federation," the Court said.2. Rape One Of The Most Barbaric Crimes Against Woman's Holy Body & Soul Of Society: Delhi HC Upholds Conviction Of 3 Of 6 Accused In Gang Rape CaseCase Title: AMIT @ SONU JAAT v. State and other connected matters.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 112Observing that rape is one of the most barbaric crimes committed against the holy body of a woman and soul of the society, Delhi High Court has upheld conviction and sentence of three accused persons in connection with a gang rape case. The Court, however, acquitted three other accused in the matter.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed thus:"Rape is one of the most barbaric and heinous crimes that is committed not only against the dignity of the rape-victim but also against the society at large. Dignity of every citizen is one of the basic precepts of the equality clause enshrined under Article 14 and Article 21 of the Constitution, since these provisions are the "fons juris" of our Constitution. These crimes are against the holy body of a woman and soul of the society."The Court was of the view that the object of the relevant penal law is to protect women from such offences and to keep alive the conscience of the society by weeding out such criminal proclivity.3. 'Filed Only To Arm Twist Accused': Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Alarming Increase In False Sexual Harassment CasesCase Title: SAURABH AGGARWAL & ANR v. STATE & ANR.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 113The Delhi High Court has recently expressed concern over alarming increase in false sexual harassment, observing that the same are filed only to arm twist the accused and make them succumb to the demands of the complainant."This Court is pained to note that there is an alarming increase of cases under Section 354, 354A, 354B, 354C & 354D only to arm-twist the accused and make them succumb to the demands of the complainant," Justice Subramonium Prasad observed.The Court also noted that the time spent by the police in investigating such false cases and in Court proceedings hinders them from spending time in investigation of serious offences."As a result cases which are required proper investigation get compromised and accused in those cases end up going scot-free due to the shoddy investigation. Valuable judicial time is also spent in hearing cases...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: February 14 To February 20, 2022

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